Go Into The Story

2021 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 22

One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.

Great Scene: “It’s A Wonderful Life

George Bailey and Mary Hatch have an intense telephone conversation.

Page One: “The Thin Red Line” (1998)

Screenplay by Terrence Malick, novel by James Jones

Page One: “There Will Be Blood” (2007)

Screenplay by Paul Thomas Anderson, based on a novel by Upton Sinclair

Do you write “high concept” stories or not?

And just generally, what are your thoughts about “high concept” movies?

2021 Scene-Writing Challenge

Write some scenes. Win a great prize.

2021 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 21

One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.

Screenwriting 101: Laura Colella

“I just want to keep making films that I’m really passionate about. That usually means things that aren’t formulaic. I try to do things…

Page One: “The Virgin Suicides” (1999)

screenplay by Sofia Coppola, novel by Jeffrey Eugenides

2021 Scene-Writing Challenge

Write some scenes. Win a great prize.

2021 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 20

One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.

Why read scripts?

You watch movies, write pages, but admit it… you don’t read enough scripts.

On Writing

“Everyone tells you to write what you know. It’s the tried-and-true advice every writer hears at some point in her career. But to take my…

Page One: “The Two Popes” (2019)

Written by Anthony McCarten

Sundays with Stephen King’s “On Writing”

A series featuring reflections on writing from the famed author’s memoir.

2021 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 19

One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.

The Theology of Cinema: Hell

“What if we think of Act Two as Hell?”

Script To Screen: “As Good As It Gets”

The final scene from the 1997 movie As Good As It Gets, written by Mark Andrus and James L. Brooks.

Page One: “The Town” (2010)

Screenplay by Peter Craig and Ben Affleck & Aaron Stockard, novel by Chuck Hogan

Movie Script Scene-By-Scene Breakdowns

A great way to analyze screenplay structure is by studying a script’s scene-by-scene breakdown. Go Into The Story followers are…

2021 Zero Draft Thirty September Challenge: Day 18

One month. FADE IN to FADE OUT. Creativity meets Productivity.

Great Scene: “Boogie Nights”

A drug deal goes south to the strains of Jessie’s Girl.

2021 Santa Barbara International Film Festival Writers Panel

Spend 100+ minutes watching a conversation between the screenwriters of award-winning movies including The Trial of the Chicago 7, Sound of…

Page One: “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” (2018)

Written by Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

2021 Scene-Writing Challenge

Write some scenes. Win a great prize.